David -- the Dresden scrap thing was pretty hot then -- they could be either
purchased or homemade. These are charming little lithographed die cuts -- or
cut outs from postcards or advertising, the kind of thing you see in
scrapbooks of the period. There was a lot of wool or cotton batting used,
and metallic scraps of garland...and all kinds of non Christmas themes too!
What's neat about these is that you COULD make them, and even do a make and
take kinda thing for the public. Germany was the place of origin for most,
if not all of this Xmas stuff during that time.  
Candace Perry

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:36 PM
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Subject: Re: Victorian Christmas ornaments

I previously had a job organizing "Victorian Christmas" for an 1880s 
house in Wisconsin.  Because of public demands we often pushed the 
envelope, but one of the most helpful sources were books on Christmas 
ornaments by Robert Brenner.  
http://www.christmasinprinceton.com/book_info.html  He has an extensive 
collection of Christmas ornaments and has researched them all. His 
Christmas through the Decades breaks down decorations into trends and 
time periods which is very helpful. 

For similar glass ornaments I know you can carefully select from 
suppliers like Midwest which may supply your gift shop.

Good luck.  I know after five years of mounting such displays it becomes 
difficult to keep it accurate and interesting to yourself and guests.

Cheryl

David Lynx wrote:
> We have a tree that we decorate for a Victorian Christmas celebration. 
> Most of the time we make hand-made ornaments, greenery, cranberries, 
> and popcorn. I would like to make this tree as accurate to the time 
> period as possible, so I am looking for source books on what Victorian 
> glass ornaments looked like and sources of replicas.  Anyone create a 
> tree like this and have good source materials for creating an 
> authentic Victorian tree?
> Thanks
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